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King of the Ring (2016)
KingOfTheRingDolphPoster
Promotional Poster featuring Dolph Ziggler
Tagline: "A new King will be crowned"
Theme(s): "Friction" by Imagine Dragons
"Throne" by Bring Me The Horizon
Information
Promotion WWE
Sponsor Mountain Dew
Tapout
Date June 19, 2016
Venue Allstate Arena
City Rosemont, Illinois
Pay-per-view chronology
Extreme Rules (2016) King of the Ring (2016) Unforgiven (2016)
King of the Ring (2016) chronology
King of the Ring (2015) King of the Ring (2016) King of the Ring (2017)

King of the Ring (2016) is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE. It will take place on June 19, 2016, at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois. It will be the second annual in WWE's production lineage for the King of the Ring event. It will feature talent from the SmackDown brand.

Background[]

King of the Ring will feature professional wrestling matches involving different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines that played out on WWE's secondary television program, SmackDown. Wrestlers portrayed heels or faces as they followed a series of events that built tension, and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.

Much like the previous year, it was announced that the King of the Ring tournament would return and a new King of the Ring would be crowned at the King of the Ring PPV. It was also revealed that a Queen of the Ring tournament would take place alongside the King of the Ring tournament. Ciaran O'Donnell, Finn Bálor, Jimmy Jacobs, Samuel Shaw, Rob Van Dam, Travis Kooper, Mike Bennett and the Miz all were able to qualify for the tournament and made it to the final eight. Emma, Eva Marie, Mickie James, Christina Von Eerie, Kaitlyn, Trish Stratus, Trista and Natalie Nova qualified for the tournament with Trista and Nova winning a Last Chance Battle Royal to gain entry. On the June 10, 2016 episode of Smackdown, Eva Marie defeated Mickie James to advance in the tournament while Emma defeated Kaitlyn to advance in the tournament, Natalie Nova defeated Trish Stratus to advance and Trista defeated Christina Von Eerie to advance. At King of the Ring, Eva Marie, Emma, Trista and Natalie Nova will compete in the Semi-Finals of the tournament while the two winners will face in the finals later that night.

On the May 27, 2016 episode of Smackdown, Taeler Hendrix scored an upset victory over reigning Divas Champion, Becky Lynch. On the June 10, 2016 episode of Smackdown it was revealed by Shane McMahon that Taeler's win had earned her a shot at the Divas Championship at King of the Ring.

Matches[]

No. Matches Stipulations
1P TBA vs. TBA King of the Ring Quarter Finals
2P TBA vs. TBA King of the Ring Quarter Finals
3P TBA vs. TBA King of the Ring Quarter Finals
4P TBA vs. TBA King of the Ring Quarter Finals
5 Daniel Riley vs. Apollo Crews vs. Abyss vs. Kevin Owens vs. Samoa Joe vs. Sheamus Battle Royal; Winner faces Dolph Ziggler for the World Title
6 TBA vs. TBA Queen of the Ring Semi Finals
7 TBA vs. TBA Queen of the Ring Semi Finals
8 Fratelli d'Italia (c) vs. Jimmy Jacobs & Jeff Hardy Tag team match for the WWE Tag Team Championship
9 TBA vs. TBA King of the Ring Semi Finals
10 TBA vs. TBA King of the Ring Semi Finals
11 Shane McMahon vs. Dario Cueto Singles match for control of Smackdown
12 Bray Wyatt vs. Brad Maddox Steel Cage match
13 TBA vs. TBA Queen of the Ring Finals
14 TBA vs. TBA King of the Ring Finals
15 Becky Lynch (c) vs. Taeler Hendrix Singles match for the WWE Divas Championship
16 Dolph Ziggler (c) vs. Winner of the Battle Royal Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
P – indicates the match will take place on the pre-show
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